Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

June 26, 2022: Good morning Roatan! We stayed dry the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Wind speeds for much of this week look to be stable, in the 10-17 mph range from the east, with 1-2 foot (.3 to .6 meter) waves. All in all it should be a nice week for swimming andContinue reading “June 26, 2022”

June 25, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We got a quick bit of rain early this morning and so did Politilly, but only a few hundredths of an inch. Today we will have a fifty fifty chance of rain, especially toward evening. Winds will be from the east/southeast 15-20 mph. Seas will be 2 feet (.6Continue reading “June 25, 2022”

June 23, 2022 and tropical update: Good evening, Roatan! Sorry for missing this morning. Last night most of us got somewhere in the neighborhood of an inch of rain. It was long overdue and much needed. As you may know by now, long-range forecasts are trying to bring a tropical system our way. We hadContinue reading “June 23, 2022 and tropical update”

June 22, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! On the far western end of the island we had a morning shower giving us a few hundredths of an inch. Today we will have moderate winds from the east/northeast at 10-15 mph and seas at 2 feet. Partly cloudy skies will give us a 30 percent chance ofContinue reading “June 22, 2022”

June 20, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! No rain the last 24 hours. This morning we wake up with another big bank of clouds to our east, but again, it should dissipate as the day goes on. Winds will be from the east/southeast at 20 mph, increasing to around 30 mph this evening. Seas will beContinue reading “June 20, 2022”

June 19, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Well, at least the cloud cover has kept the temperatures down. No rain over the last 24 hours as of 7 a.m. on Roatan. Radar shows some showers to our west. The recording station on Utila seems to be down, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they got someContinue reading “June 19, 2022”

June 18, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! There is now a zero percent chance of tropical development from our storm, though there is still an area of scattered showers around. Most of us have gotten light amounts of rain over the last 24 hours ending 6 a.m. Today will be mostly calm, with seas at 2Continue reading “June 18, 2022”

June 17, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Midday yesterday most of the western half of the island got a good dose of rain. Sandy Bay and West Bay reported around half an inch, while West End got an inch and a half. Here on Jonesville Point we got no rain yesterday or as of 6 a.m.Continue reading “June 17, 2022”

June 16, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Mid- and west- island locations got from half to three quarters of an inch of rain yesterday morning, while we on Jonesville Point only got .04 of an inch. All eyes are on the storm that now has only a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical system. ItContinue reading “June 16, 2022”

June 15, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Today there is less belief that the storms off the coast of Costa Rica will become a tropical storm. The chance is down to 30 percent, according to the US National Weather Service. If the storms stay to our north, there is a good chance we will only getContinue reading “June 15, 2022”